BIB_ID
287093
Accession number
MA 3151.37
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1862 July 9.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 1/2 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Signature on page 4 excised, with resulting loss of text on page 3.
Written from The Fort House, Broadstairs. Signed "Ever yours W.C."
Signature on page 4 excised, with resulting loss of text on page 3.
Written from The Fort House, Broadstairs. Signed "Ever yours W.C."
Summary
Asking three questions with bearing on Collins's current work (i.e., No Name): 1) inquiring about marriage licenses; 2) inquiring about the transit time of letters from England to Zurich in 1847; 3) inquiring about the length of voyage from London to Hong Kong and back. inviting Ward to visit Collins and Caroline [Graves] at Broadstairs.
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